Combined envelope and letter-sheet



(No Model.)

C. L. CHURCH. COMBINED ENVELOPE AND LETTER SHEET. N0. 396,985. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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CHARLES It. CHURCH,

OF BANGOR, MAINE.

COMBINED ENVELOFE AND LETTERwSHET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,985, dated January 29, 1889.

n Application filed October 1S, 1887. Serial No. 252,700. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. UHURoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Combined Envelope and Letter Sheet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

M y invention consists of an improved combined envelopeandletter-sheet. Its construct tion is such that it may be used either tor The object of my invention is to provide a combined envelope and lettcrsheet that will fold in the simplest and most natural way; that will have the address and connu unication all on the saine side ot' the sheet, obviating the necessity ot' turning the sheet over to address the saine, and that sealsby simply stiel;- ing down a projecting wing over the end of the message from prying and inquisitive carriers.

In t-he descriptioiii reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l shows the construction and interior view ot' my combined envelope and letter-sheet. Fig. :2 is a view of the letter-sheet folded, but not sealed, showing the gummed wing projecting from one end. Fig. 3 is a viewot' the lettersheet folded and sealed ready for delivery.

Similar letters of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different iigures.

The construction ot' my combinedenvelope and lettcnsheet is as follows: A sheet ot paper, A, is cut either to the t'orm of a square or rectangle, with the exception of a small wing, B, projectingl from the upper lett-hand corner and edge. This wing B is about onedialf of an inch wide and extends down the edge of the sheet 'from the upper lett-hand corner for about one-quarter of the distance of the length of the sheet. Aperloration, e, extends longitudinally through the wing ll parallel with its edge and about one-sixteenth of an inch from the letthand edge of the sheet A. The wing B is gummed on its under or back side and forms the fiap that seals the letterl, sheetA when folded. The perforation c in said 1 sealing the inclosed letter.

wing is the only place that is severed in openm ing the letter-sheet to read its contents.

The sheet A, which forms the main letter sheet, when used for ordinary correspondence, may either be ruled or left blank, as the consumer may desire. The letter or message is written upon only one side of the Sheet, and the upper quarter of the same, C and I), left blank, except that the left-hand half, D, is reserved i'or the address and stamp. The right hand half, C, forms the opposite side oi' the envelope when the letter-sheet is folded.

The `folding of the combined envelope and ,1 letter-sheet is as follows: Commencing at the bottom of the sheet, the lower quarter, E, is creased at the letter e', folded from the operator covering the second quarter,F. Both are now folded at c" in the same direction-that is, from the bottom and away from the opertor-over the third quarter, G. At e the direction ot' folding is reversed-the upper quar ter (marked C and D) is folded back toward the operator and under the already-folded parts. The letter thus far folded is now doubled upon itself at j', the wing B turned over the open end g, Figs. and 3, and fastened to the now opposite side C by moistening the gum on the under side of the wing B, confining the same in the space h, perfectly In opening the sealed letter-sheet I simply insert a finger between the folds, tearing the wing B at the perforation c without injuring any part of the letter.

One of the principal advantages of my Combined envelope and letter-sheet is its adaptability for telegraph-mcssages, the lower half of the sheet, F and E, being ruled, as shown in the drawings, Fig. l, for the message; the quarterG used for the companys name and con ditio11s--Recd, No, From, Sentby, Time, &c. the upper quarter, C and D, divided as follows: the left-hand half, D,ruled for the address, Telegram. printed at the top, and the space in. the left lower corner used i'or the seal or emblem of the company; the right-hand half, C, of this upper quarter used for the continuation of lengthy addresses, in structions to messenger, and a line near its lower part for the No., and Check Having thus described my invention, what I IOO 1supon line f, with the front fztoe of said top The herein-described combined envelope portion outside7 the latterg portion having at and letter-sheet, Consisting' of the four longione end the nap B, said sheet having spaces 5 tudinztlportions, the bottoni portions, E and F, for the address and communication upon the 15 being, when folded upon line e', 'face to face, the saine side, substantially as described. second portion, G, being Afolded upon line er, CHARLES L. CHURCH. with its face upon the back of part E, the top lVitnesses: portion being' folded upon line e, with its M. H. WvARDWELL, a Io face outward and back to back with part G and l I. XV. TIBBETTS.

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